Design and construction of the DEAP-3600 dark matter detector

Amaudruz, P. -A.; Baldwin, M.; Batygov, M.; Beltran, B.; Bina, C. E.; Bishop, D.; Bonatt, J.; Boorman, G.; Boulay, M. G.; Broerman, B.; Bromwich, T.; Bueno, J. F.; Burghardt, P. M.; Butcher, A.; Cai, B.; Chan, S.; Chen, M.; Chouinard, R.; Churchwell, S.; Cleveland, B. T.; Cranshaw, D.; Dering, K.; DiGioseffo, J.; Dittmeier, S.; Duncan, F. A.; Dunford, M.; Erlandson, A.; Fatemighomi, N.; Florian, S.; Flower, A.; Ford, R. J.; Gagnon, R.; Giampa, P.; Golovko, V. V.; Gorel, P.; Gornea, R.; Grace, E.; Graham, K.; Grant, D. R.; Gulyev, E.; Hall, A.; Hallin, A. L.; Hamstra, M.; Harvey, P. J.; Hearns, C.; Jillings, C. J.; Kamaev, O.; Kemp, A.; Kuźniak, M.; Langrock, S.; La Zia, F.; Lehnert, B.; Li, O.; Lidgard, J. J.; Liimatainen, P.; Lim, C.; Lindner, T.; Linn, Y.; Liu, S.; Majewski, P.; Mathew, R.; McDonald, A. B.; McElroy, T.; McFarlane, K.; McGinn, T.; McLaughlin, J. B.; Mead, S.; Mehdiyev, R.; Mielnichuk, C.; Monroe, J.; Muir, A.; Nadeau, P.; Nantais, C.; Ng, C.; Noble, A. J.; O’Dwyer, E.; Ohlmann, C.; Olchanski, K.; Olsen, K. S.; Ouellet, C.; Pasuthip, P.; Peeters, S. J. M.; Pollmann, T. R.; Rand, E. T.; Rau, W.; Rethmeier, C.; Retière, F.; Seeburn, N.; Shaw, B.; Singhrao, K.; Skensved, P.; Smith, B.; Smith, N. J. T.; Sonley, T.; Soukup, J.; Stainforth, R.; Stone, C.; Strickland, V.; Sur, B.; Tang, J.; Taylor, J.; Veloce, L.; Vázquez-Jáuregui, E.; Walding, J.; Ward, M.; Westerdale, S.; White, R.; Woolsey, E.; Zielinski, J.

doi:10.1016/j.astropartphys.2018.09.006

Title: Design and construction of the DEAP-3600 dark matter detector

Journal Article · 05 December 2018 · Astroparticle Physics

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.astropartphys.2018.09.006 · OSTI ID:1564019

Amaudruz, P. -A.; Baldwin, M.; Batygov, M.; Beltran, B.; Bina, C. E.; Bishop, D.; Bonatt, J.; Boorman, G.; Boulay, M. G.; Broerman, B.; Bromwich, T.; Bueno, J. F.; Burghardt, P. M.; Butcher, A.; Cai, B.; Chan, S.; Chen, M.; Chouinard, R.; Churchwell, S.; Cleveland, B. T. more »

The Dark matter Experiment using Argon Pulse-shape discrimination (DEAP) has been designed for a direct detection search for particle dark matter using a single-phase liquid argon target. The projected cross section sensitivity for DEAP-3600 to the spin-independent scattering of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) on nucleons is 10^–46cm² for a 100 GeV/c² WIMP mass with a fiducial exposure of 3 tonne-years. In conclusion, this paper describes the physical properties and construction of the DEAP-3600 detector.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Contributing Organization:: DEAP-3600 Collaboration

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 1564019

Journal Information:: Astroparticle Physics, Vol. 108, Issue C; ISSN 0927-6505

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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